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  • PM assigns electricity minister to assume tasks of resigned transport minister

    PM assigns electricity minister to assume tasks of resigned transport minister

    Date: 2019-02-27 19:01:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7825693

    Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli assigned Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker to temporarily assume the duties of the resigned transport minister, the cabinet's media office said in a statement Wednesday. Hesham Arafat had tendered his ....

  • EU announces a vital € 82 million contribution to UNRWA

    EU announces a vital € 82 million contribution to UNRWA

    Date: 2019-02-27 17:45:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7825664

    EU Representative, Ralph Tarraf, and Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Pierre Krähenbühl, signed Wednesday at UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem the EU-UNRWA contribution ....

  • Sisi: Egypt ready to cement cooperation between Al Azhar, Albania to spread upright teachings of Islam

    Sisi: Egypt ready to cement cooperation between Al Azhar, Albania to spread upright teachings of Islam

    Date: 2019-02-27 17:36:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7825644

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has expressed Cairo's readiness to promote cooperation between Al Azhar and Albania in the fields of training preachers, teaching Arabic and spreading the true sound teachings of religion. Sisi's statements came ....

  • 14 people injured in Cairo train accident discharged from hospital

    14 people injured in Cairo train accident discharged from hospital

    Date: 2019-02-27 17:25:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7825628

    As many as 14 people injured in the train accident inside Ramses station in Cairo were discharged from hospital after their health conditions improved, spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said on Wednesday. The rest of the injured ....

  • EGP 80,000 compensation for families of each of those killed in Ramses train fire

    EGP 80,000 compensation for families of each of those killed in Ramses train fire

    Date: 2019-02-27 16:53:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7825587

    The Cabinet approved during its routine Wednesday meeting under Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli to pay EGP 80,000 as a compensation for the families of each one killed or suffered total disability in today's train fire at Ramses railway ....

  • Transport min. resigns over Cairo train accident

    Transport min. resigns over Cairo train accident

    Date: 2019-02-27 16:38:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7825557

    Transport Minister Hesham Arafat has tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on the back of the train accident, which occurred on Wednesday morning, leaving scores dead and wounded. Cabinet spokesman Nader Saad said the ....

  • Madbouli follows up national housing plan for residents in unsafe areas

    Madbouli follows up national housing plan for residents in unsafe areas

    Date: 2019-02-26 19:39:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7823898

    Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli on Tuesday presided over a ministerial meeting to follow up a government plan to provide housing units for people living in unsafe areas, which have been upgraded. This meeting will be regularly held to follow up ....

  • FM: No country has reached perfection in human rights promotion

    FM: No country has reached perfection in human rights promotion

    Date: 2019-02-26 19:38:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7823887

    Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry said the process of promoting human rights is cumulative and persistent, stressing that no country has reached perfection in this regard. Addressing the high-level segment of the 40th session of the UN ....

  • Israeli occupation arrests 21 Palestinians from West Bank

    Israeli occupation arrests 21 Palestinians from West Bank

    Date: 2019-02-26 16:59:58 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7823758

    Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday arrested 21 Palestinians from the West Bank. A statement by the Palestinian Prisoner Club indicated that the occupation forces detained seven Palestinians from Nablus, five from Bethlehem, five from Tobas and ....

  • Iraq, France discuss joint cooperation

    Iraq, France discuss joint cooperation

    Date: 2019-02-26 16:59:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7823749

    Iraqi President Barham Salih on Tuesday expressed hope for fruitful cooperation with France. The Iraqi president discussed in Paris with French National Assembly Speaker Gérard Larcher means of boosting bilateral relations, said a statement ....

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